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Volume CV, Number 7 University of Southern California Wednesday, June 22, 1988
Students’ need not satisfied in ’87-’88
430 mispackaged by financial aid
'Whoever takes over has the opportunity to assume leadership of a very good journalism school and can make it a better one.'
— Felix Gutierrez
By Jack Crittenden
Staff Writer
In an effort to fulfill the university's commitment to match 100 percent of a student's financial need, the Office of Admissions, Financial Aid, and Registration and Records has repackaged the financial aid of more than 400 students who were not offered funds to meet their full need in 1987-88.
“We are providing full financial need, as described by university policy,” said Dennis Dougherty, vice president of finance and financial services.
In 1982, university trustees approved a policy whereby all students would have their full financial need met. Since that time, all students with a financial need have been offered either scholarships, loans and / or work study totaling up to their prescribed need.
(A student's need is determined by tuition, room and board and other university fees, minus the parental contribution.)
Approximately 430 students were not offered proper funds to satisfy their need, said Tom King, interim director of financial aid. These students' packages have now either been reviewed or are presently under review, he said, adding that they are being offered additional
funds ranging from $200 to $9,064.
“I feel very proud we are doing this," said Robert Biller, interim dean of admissions, financial aid, and registration and records, and vice president of external affairs. “But still, it is just cleaning up what we should have done (last September)."
In the fall of 1987, Joseph Merante was the dean of admissions and financial aid, but he resigned in early April after being relieved of several key responsibilities. Biller was then appointed as a temporary dean on May 2.
The mispackaging of 430 students was not realized until Biller had assumed duties. The file room in the Student Administrative Services Building prior to last March had been in such disarray that it was not known which files were complete, Biller said.
"We lost control of which files were in on time and which were not," he said. "People began to be packaged as late applicants, even though they were on time. This put these individuals last in the queue, which meant that a great deal of the scholarship funds were depleted when their files were finally reviewed."
"We are all accountable in some measure for what occurred,” Biller said. "I don't think it is fair to label one indi-
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tion committee and a journalism professor.
Guthman said that a new director should be named “any day now." However, C.S. Whitaker, dean of the social sciences and communication division of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said a final selection would not be made until at least before the fall semester begins.
The three candidates are Felix Gutierrez, who taught a Minorities and the Media class at the university last spring; Edward Fouhy, who was a professor at Harvard; and William Woesten-
Of all the applicants, many dropped out or were simply not as qualified as the three finalists, Guthman said.
“Whoever takes over has the opportunity to assume leadership of a very good journalism school and can make it a better one," Gutierrez said.
The other two candidates could not be reached for comment.
Bryce Nelson, the journalism school's current director, had announced his resignation in the fall of 1987 but agreed to re-
REACH OUT AND REGISTER — Karen Clausen, an undeclared freshman, is one of many freshmen using the new Touch-Tone phone registration system in the Student Administrative Services Building, Room 010 as part of freshman orientation.
THIERRY BRANGER / SUMMER TROJAN
Carl Levredge (left), director of University Security and Parking Operations, hands a commendation letter to Arthur Aguirre, a parking officer, for saving a child’s life. Aguirre successfully performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation last Thursday on a 3-month-old infant who had stopped breathing.
Journalism school update
Candidates for directorship narrowed down to three men
By Gene Kang
Staff Writer
The ongoing search for a new director of the School of Journalism, which began about a year ago, has been narrowed down to three candidates — one of whom is a journalism professor at the university — and will soon be coming to an end.
"We received many applications, and we also looked over the field for possible candidates," said Ed Guthman, chairman of the social sciences and communication division's selec-
dick, who was the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The final candidates were chosen from a list of more than 50 applicants, Guthman said.
"We were looking for men and women who would do a good job — with professional and academic achievements — men and women who could provide leadership and continue the momentum the journalism school has now toward becoming the most respected school in the country," he said. "We did our best to bring to the dean three excellent choices."
main in his post until August 1988.
Nelson helped to have the School of Journalism reaccredited in May 1987 and is leaving to write newspaper articles and journalism books.

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Volume CV, Number 7 University of Southern California Wednesday, June 22, 1988
Students’ need not satisfied in ’87-’88
430 mispackaged by financial aid
'Whoever takes over has the opportunity to assume leadership of a very good journalism school and can make it a better one.'
— Felix Gutierrez
By Jack Crittenden
Staff Writer
In an effort to fulfill the university's commitment to match 100 percent of a student's financial need, the Office of Admissions, Financial Aid, and Registration and Records has repackaged the financial aid of more than 400 students who were not offered funds to meet their full need in 1987-88.
“We are providing full financial need, as described by university policy,” said Dennis Dougherty, vice president of finance and financial services.
In 1982, university trustees approved a policy whereby all students would have their full financial need met. Since that time, all students with a financial need have been offered either scholarships, loans and / or work study totaling up to their prescribed need.
(A student's need is determined by tuition, room and board and other university fees, minus the parental contribution.)
Approximately 430 students were not offered proper funds to satisfy their need, said Tom King, interim director of financial aid. These students' packages have now either been reviewed or are presently under review, he said, adding that they are being offered additional
funds ranging from $200 to $9,064.
“I feel very proud we are doing this," said Robert Biller, interim dean of admissions, financial aid, and registration and records, and vice president of external affairs. “But still, it is just cleaning up what we should have done (last September)."
In the fall of 1987, Joseph Merante was the dean of admissions and financial aid, but he resigned in early April after being relieved of several key responsibilities. Biller was then appointed as a temporary dean on May 2.
The mispackaging of 430 students was not realized until Biller had assumed duties. The file room in the Student Administrative Services Building prior to last March had been in such disarray that it was not known which files were complete, Biller said.
"We lost control of which files were in on time and which were not," he said. "People began to be packaged as late applicants, even though they were on time. This put these individuals last in the queue, which meant that a great deal of the scholarship funds were depleted when their files were finally reviewed."
"We are all accountable in some measure for what occurred,” Biller said. "I don't think it is fair to label one indi-
(Continued on page 2)
tion committee and a journalism professor.
Guthman said that a new director should be named “any day now." However, C.S. Whitaker, dean of the social sciences and communication division of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said a final selection would not be made until at least before the fall semester begins.
The three candidates are Felix Gutierrez, who taught a Minorities and the Media class at the university last spring; Edward Fouhy, who was a professor at Harvard; and William Woesten-
Of all the applicants, many dropped out or were simply not as qualified as the three finalists, Guthman said.
“Whoever takes over has the opportunity to assume leadership of a very good journalism school and can make it a better one," Gutierrez said.
The other two candidates could not be reached for comment.
Bryce Nelson, the journalism school's current director, had announced his resignation in the fall of 1987 but agreed to re-
REACH OUT AND REGISTER — Karen Clausen, an undeclared freshman, is one of many freshmen using the new Touch-Tone phone registration system in the Student Administrative Services Building, Room 010 as part of freshman orientation.
THIERRY BRANGER / SUMMER TROJAN
Carl Levredge (left), director of University Security and Parking Operations, hands a commendation letter to Arthur Aguirre, a parking officer, for saving a child’s life. Aguirre successfully performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation last Thursday on a 3-month-old infant who had stopped breathing.
Journalism school update
Candidates for directorship narrowed down to three men
By Gene Kang
Staff Writer
The ongoing search for a new director of the School of Journalism, which began about a year ago, has been narrowed down to three candidates — one of whom is a journalism professor at the university — and will soon be coming to an end.
"We received many applications, and we also looked over the field for possible candidates," said Ed Guthman, chairman of the social sciences and communication division's selec-
dick, who was the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The final candidates were chosen from a list of more than 50 applicants, Guthman said.
"We were looking for men and women who would do a good job — with professional and academic achievements — men and women who could provide leadership and continue the momentum the journalism school has now toward becoming the most respected school in the country," he said. "We did our best to bring to the dean three excellent choices."
main in his post until August 1988.
Nelson helped to have the School of Journalism reaccredited in May 1987 and is leaving to write newspaper articles and journalism books.